Entered CNET Catalog: 03/20/2003
SKU: CNETAPPLESAFARI
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
CNET editors' review
- Editors' Choice: No
- Reviewed on: 06/26/2003

Safari's tidy design makes for maximum Web page viewing.
The browser's spartan toolbar features only forward, back, home, and refresh buttons, as well as a plus-sign button that adds the current URL to your bookmarks or acts as a stop button while a page is loading. Apple integrates a Google search field into the Safari toolbar--a nice feature since Google's own toolbar isn't compatible with IE for Mac--but you can search only Google from that field. We prefer Opera's drop-down menu of search choices. However, Safari's search field does offer a drop-down menu listing recent searches that provides quick access to previous Google search results.
Bookmarks live in the Bookmarks menu, while a select few are in a tiny toolbar below the address bar, and that's all you'll find--Safari really maximizes page real estate. If you add more bookmarks than can fit on the bar, a double arrow appears indicating a pop-up menu for the rest, just like the Finder's toolbar.

Safari's tabbed browsing is a bit different from other browsers.
Safari's best interface feature arrived in Beta 2: tabbed browsing. If you've used the tabs in other browsers (such as Camino or Netscape) or at Apple's own Web site, Safari's tabs may appear to be upside-down and cause some confusion. However, they do let you open multiple Web pages without cluttering your screen, and the tabs automatically adjust in size to accommodate multiple Web sites, and feature handy close-window X's in the corners. There's even a new preference menu just for tabs. To open a new tab, press Command+T (or click File > New Tab), or Command-click to open a link in a tab. Command+W closed the tab. (There are also a series of keyboard commands for opening and selecting a tab, opening a link in a new window and selecting it, or opening a link in a new window behind the current window.) A nice touch that we originally missed: Safari provides a key command for switching between tabs. Press Shift+Command+right arrow (or left arrow), and you can easily navigate back and forth between open tabs.
Apple says Safari's speed is its premier feature, and indeed, this browser offers few additional tools. Most notably, Safari lacks any advanced security settings. You can block third-party cookies and some Web scripts, but you can't, say, enter specific Web sites from which to accept or reject cookies, as you can with both Opera for Mac and IE. You also won't find any controls for passwords, certificate authentication, or encryption (beyond asking for a prompt when you're sending an insecure form). Those are standard security and privacy features in, IE, Camino, Opera, and almost any other browser for Mac or PC.

This little window holds all of Safari's security preferences--and there aren't many.
Safari Beta 2 added an advanced settings toolbar, which gives us hope for the future. For now, though, it lets you only choose a style sheet and change your proxy settings. One thing we're extremely happy to see, though: the preferences menu adds an autofill menu; autofill is a tool that remembers previously typed information, such as your name, address, or address-bar URLs. The autofill tool integrates with Apple's Address Book, not the Keychain password manager.

Safari 1.0 Beta 2 adds an advanced preferences tab, but it's not very filled out. Note the new Tabs and Autofill menus, too.
Safari does, thankfully, include a pop-up blocker that, like all such browser tools, stops ads as well as some legitimate pop-ups (most notably, video pop-ups at CNET News.com). Happily, Safari makes it incredibly easy to toggle the feature on and off; simply press Command+K or click the Safari menu and choose "Block pop-up windows."
![]() Click the plus button to add a bookmark, and this dialog lets you rename a long URL... |
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Possibly Safari's only true innovation is the SnapBack button found in both the address bar and the Google toolbar. When you surf deeply into a Web site or search results, the orange button appears at the right of the search or URL field. Click it, and you'll pop back to the last URL you typed or to your list of Google search results. It's handy but not life-changing; IE lets you click and hold the back button to bring up a short history of visited sites, with much the same effect.

We like the easy drag-and-drop bookmark management, but does it have to be an entire page?
Safari does simplify bookmark management, however. You can drag a bookmark onto the Safari bookmarks bar, as in IE, but Safari lets you rename the Web page so that it's easier for you to remember. The 1.0 version adds syncing of bookmarks between Safari installed on multiple Macs using iSync, handy for PowerBook or iBook users who also have desktop Macs. You can also click the plus button next to the address bar to add a bookmark. A book-shaped button opens a new page where you can easily drag, drop, and rearrange your bookmarks, and even access your address book. Annoyingly, this page always opens over your current Web page. We'd much prefer a bookmarks side bar drawer like that of Camino or OmniWeb or even a new window. As for Apple's claims of cheetah-like speed, we found Safari occasionally blazingly fast but inconsistent. Our informal tests showed that Safari loaded most graphics-heavy pages (such as Apple.com) far more quickly than Internet Explorer for Mac. Safari is also faster than Camino, though by less of a margin. We also found Safari's launch time to be faster than with IE and only slightly faster than Camino (the free version of Opera for Mac forces you to view a start-up dialog, delaying its overall launch time). The browser never crashed in our use and can now render pages that the beta version had trouble with. We also didn't see the stalling of the beta versions. We encountered only minor bugs, usually related to JavaScript errors, though less so than the beta versions. Overall, Safari performed well. Apple doesn't offer free telephone or e-mail support for Safari (not unusual for free and beta software). But you will find an online FAQ and discussion forums at Apple's site (as always, you must endure free registration in order to receive comprehensive online help), and version 1.0 installs nearly five dozen Safari articles in the Mac OS X Help system.
User opinions
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User Rating:
2/10
horrible cpu management
Pros: all pages load perfectly
Cons: constantly uses 30% to 50% of the CPU while firefox or chrome on the other hand barely use 15% with the same tabs open.
User Rating:
5/10
It's Okay.
Pros: It's got a really cool feature that shows your most visted sites (Google Chrome does the same).
It makes your pc screen look bigger when you open it up.
Cons: Not as fast they'd like you to believe.
No customizable toolbar.
Not very user friendly.
User Rating:
6/10
Poor reliable, but it looks nice...
Pros: Workable interface, quick access to history
Cons: It lags a lot, freezes on some pages
User Rating:
10/10
SAFARI IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE IE BROWSER. IT IS FAST!
Pros: FAST SPEED AND CRASH PROOF BROWSER. HAS ALL THE BASIC FEATURES REQUIRED IN SURFING THE WEB. NICE BROWSER SIMILAR LOOKING TO THE IE BROWSER.
Cons: SOME WEBSITES THAT STREAM VIDEOS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SAFARI. SO KEEP IE BROWSER FOR THIS EXCEPTION.
User Rating:
4/10
Not impressed; sticking with chrome and opera
Pros: Post editing features - spell check, "undo" if you erase it all.
Didn't notice major difference in speed with Chrome, good or bad.
Shows quick list of tabs, not just buttons like Chrome.
Built-in RSS reader.
Cons: Scroll wheel doesn't work; have to click and drag
Google toolbar: separate from URL bar, can't seem to remove it or replace it.
Can't customize toolbar - e.g. can't remove bookmarks bar from constant view, etc.
Chrome-like tabs don't work well.
User Rating:
8/10
Nice theme integration
Pros: -It's cool how the tabs blend in with the default luna xp theme
- A 3d frequent sites view
Cons: -No support extensions
User Rating:
6/10
It's so unfamiliar it's hard to learn how to navigate.
Pros: Uncluttered screen. Possible benefits I haven't learned about yet.
Cons: Visually imperfect. I had a window obscured by another window so couldn't write my feed-back message to you yesterday. Complicated person who needs browser and banking security which IE8 doesn't give, but who isn't into downloading music .
Updated on Jan 6, 2009Where the hell is the Home button. I cant get out of web-pages!
User Rating:
7/10
Flash Player doesn't load sometimes.
Pros: Sleek design, minimum clutterness, and fast.
Cons: Lacks advanced security features, crashes sometimes, blogging tools limited.
User Rating:
4/10
Not that great.
Pros: Sleek design. Uncluttered. Started out pretty fast.
Cons: Slows down after about two hours of use. Somewhat laggy.
User Rating:
8/10
Excellent!
Pros: Very fast with the best looking interface I have used yet. 3.2 is the best yet.
Cons: No add-ons. No anti-malware to speak of. The autofill feature is poor at best.
User Rating:
8/10
Very Fast and Simple Web Browsing Experience.
Pros: Very stable and secure web browser, very simple and easy to use gives the page the center of the screen, loads pages very fast, and all at once.
Cons: Very few ad ons but that isn't necessarily a con for me, I like the current look of Safari but I like the old Aqua look of Safari 2 better.
Ease of Use 5
Speed 4
Features 3
looks 4
Overall a very outstanding browsing experience on the PC and the Mac. Loads pages very fast and I am pleased with how they minimize the amount of buttons and clutter at the top and bottom of the screen. I liked the old Aqua look in Safari 2 better than the current one, but the current one is fine and I think it's okay.
User Rating:
2/10
APPLE SAFARI
Pros: I LIKED THE TOOLBAR
Cons: IT HAS TROJAN ON IT, IT GAVE MY COMPUTER THREE VIRUSES,SO I HAD TO DELETE IT OFF MY COMPUTER, MY COMPUTER DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPAM OR VIRUSES UNTIL I ADDED THIS PRODUCT, IF ANYONE HAS THIS BROWSER GET RID OF IT NOW
User Rating:
4/10
A Poor Web Browser for Windows
Pros: This web browser has one good point: the sheet-metal look that is typical of Apple programs.
Cons: I found this browser to be one of the worst for Windows. It has small browsing space, slow browsing speed, mediocre security, and bad customization.
User Rating:
10/10
Hits the rest with a huge mallet of Apple brilliance!
Pros: It's fast, it's free and it works with windows
Cons: None to report. Awesome software!
User Rating:
6/10
Good browser,but overrated by Cnet,and countless others
Pros: Good looking, blends well into OS X, strong performance, standardized.
Cons: Slower then alternatives (Camino, iCab...), Java seems broken after 10.5.2.
User Rating:
9/10
Just works.
Pros: Fast, simple, functional, pretty
Cons: Not for people who want to customize their browser and use a lot of add-ons
Being simple also translates into a con though, depending on the user. It can't compare with most browsers in terms of customizability, so it definitely isn't for everyone.
User Rating:
7/10
Wonderful/Not so good
Pros: Nice Wonder FAST!!
Cons: My Daughter was not able to play a game called " Club Penguin " after a downloaded this!
User Rating:
4/10
Ok at first .........But just wait!!!
Pros: Nice and simple. LIked the look.
Cons: Needs addons and if you wait long enough it will start to get buggy on you and even crash. Seems really fast at first and then one day it will bog down and barely run and sites will become way slow.
User Rating:
4/10
Works good on the Mac; but not the PC
Pros: Beautiful graphics and interface
Cons: Does not work well for this PC user
User Rating:
6/10
Safari frustrating
Pros: elegant interface
Cons: crashes once a day
the interface design is clean, the bookmarks bar and ability to create a folder on it are easy and intelligent, and the ability to increase font size, clear history and cache easily accessible, but it crashes frequently. oddly enough, there is no warning of an impending crash; Safari just closes. maybe better than the heart-stopping warning issued by IE, but still incredibly frustrating and confusing: what happened? at least there is a mechanism to report problems, and one that i have HOPED actually goes somewhere to be read, rather than into some vague complaint vault. the crashes have no constancy to them; i cannot tell if i have too many windows open, or have run out of system resources, or any other problem. this regular and sudden crashing is the main reason i am getting rid of it.
User Rating:
9/10
Safari on the top list
Pros: The stability, security against viruses and spyware
Cons: The complicated menu
User Rating:
9/10
awsome awsome
Pros: works good to me
Cons: good good and excellent
User Rating:
2/10
Shameless Apple Marketing Tool
Pros: clean interface
Cons: apple, apple, apple
User Rating:
9/10
Apple Safari is a successful web browser!
Pros: Fast browsing, spell checker, easier bookmarking, tabs, clean interface, Google/Yahoo search built-in, easier to use
Cons: Slower at loading application unlike IE, not compatible with some sites (Microsoft)
User Rating:
7/10
Fast, squeeky clean and with some neat features, Apple Safari is easy to get along with.
Pros: Tidy interface manages bookmarks and tabbed browsing with ease; surprisingly fast, even compared with Opera; easy to use.
Cons: Apple Safari currently lacks some of the most recent innovations in browsing technology.
User Rating:
9/10
safari: fast and security is fine in my opinion
Pros: fast............can work really well
Cons: the security isnt as good as it can be.......but its ok
User Rating:
3/10
dont no yet said its beta
Pros: said its the best
Cons: havent used it just read about it
User Rating:
9/10
Damn Internet Explorer
Pros: fast, neat, reduces interference with other programs, intuitive
Cons: the size of the letters on the pop down menus is too small
I have had one main problem with Vista. After a while, every day, some URL will dramatically degrade my computer's performance. I assumed, naïvely that with SP1 the problem would be solved. I have been looking at the same Microsoft screen each time I faced this problem. "Microsoft is trying to find a solution for your problem". It never succeeded.
In a weak moment yesterday, I read about and then downloaded Safari. The boost in speed, everything else aside, has been extraordinary. And this is a fast computer on a fast line.
While the typeface of the menus could be slightly larger, everything other than that makes life clean and fast.
And there was a big unexpected boost. I use Dragon Naturallyspeaking voice dictation system, which because of its complexity is a hog. Who would never have imagined there was some connection between my browser, designed and built and tested by Microsoft, and my voice dictation system. There sure is. The change in voice dictation performance is striking.
Why Microsoft could not have done a better job on Internet Explorer is something I do not understand. That Apple is done a superb job is something that is obvious.
User Rating:
9/10
great awesome download it now
Pros: good looking, speed, speed, oh yeah speed
Cons: not as customizable as firefox
and general browsing
User Rating:
9/10
WAAAY better
Pros: Fast and fast
Cons: Bit of a learning curve
User Rating:
6/10
Good Web Browser, just not as FAST as described!
Pros: Pretty GUI, good speed on Leopard OS, not a cluttered interface
Cons: Freezes and locks up using Windows, not the fastest on a Mac
User Rating:
8/10
Not Perfect but it's definitely better than FireFox
Pros: Better than FireFox
Cons: Not much, closes by itself
There are few things that I'm not so sure about and one is sometimes, Safari just closes by itself for no reason. I guess Firefox is better in this area since they offer to restart from the website that I was on.
Nonetheless, I prefer Safari over both IE and Firefox and I would love to see Apple keep developing Safari.
User Rating:
2/10
"BETA" is not an excuse for all these problems
Pros: Fast and simple
Cons: Too simple. Has nothing in tools and is instable
User Rating:
5/10
Resource hog
Pros: Just a clean look
Cons: Resource hog; very slow
User Rating:
8/10
Nice to use
Pros: A breeze to use
Cons: ? Wheres the home button???
User Rating:
9/10
Safari the next browser
Pros: Fast, Does not Lock Up, Clean
Cons: searching within documents.
Safari is free and has little features like spell check anything I type (like filling in this box).
The search feature is nice once you get the hang of it. It was a bit confusing at first, but once you see how it works it is a great little feature.
If you use dot mac, like me, all your links between your desktop and laptop are in sync (automatically),
David Longstreet
SoftwareMetrics.Com
User Rating:
9/10
Its GREAT!!! Much Better Than IE And Better Than FF
Pros: Auto-Fill,History List,Looks GReat
Cons: No Home Page Button(Icon)
looks great the only downfall thier is no home page icon/ button like all the other browser..
If this is only an BETA I can`t wait till the full version comes out in Sept/Oct.... And is there going to be a price for it?
User Rating:
2/10
its ugly behind the good looks
Pros: good looks
Cons: crashes, few plug ins, no support for 90% of softwares and bad for eyes
User Rating:
8/10
Still beta, but it's getting there
Pros: It's fast and features a simple user interface. RSS support is fantastic.
Cons: I'd like to be able to customize it a little more than I can at the moment and some pages render a little funny.
User Rating:
2/10
The Apple Safari internet broser clames to be the gfastest internet browsrer even do it isnt
Pros: Nice Aqua Skin
Cons: Crahes all the time, slower than all other browsers, doesnt work on windows, if you click error reort it crashes
The XP chrashed abour 2 minutes after and it was also incredibly slow even IE6 is faster. its unvelibleable how slow it can be and how apple computer wants to impress telling its the fastest even do its the worst and slowest on windows and mac os x.
A friend that has an imac told me that he would never use safari because its unsafe and slow
User Rating:
5/10
Safari: Apple should be ashamed
Pros: Many people speak of Apple's speed. I haven't noticed it myself.
Cons: Two flaws that disqualify Safari for consideration as a browser: (1) It is prone to crash (2) There are too many websites that it cannot access
User Rating:
3/10
Not too impressed
Pros: Larger display. Bookmark bar.
Cons: Very slow. Many problems with java websites. Autohide task bar does not work.
User Rating:
5/10
good but what about proxy
Pros: why can't standing alone on windows PCs?
Cons: welcome MACdows
After i?ve installed, what?s the matter I thought, my fault or may not!
here I found that, that?t NOT ON MINE,THAT?S Sxxxxx?s FAULT!
Never mind I can wait until my PC become ?MACdows? .
But now I suggested that I should un-install it from my PC.
so Sxxxxx and Proxy setting & Bill Gates?that's really interest.
thank you for my first downloaded installation.
User Rating:
1/10
Does it really run?
Pros: none that I can notice.
Cons: doesn't run!
User Rating:
3/10
Big disappointment
Pros: Fast; integrated pop-up blocker
Cons: Doesn't work witl delicious; auto-refresh is no quicker than 30 minutes; doesn't work with McAfee SiteAdvisor
I have to say that I was very disappointed. Yes, it is quick - but in my experience, no quicker than Firefox. Yes, it has a pop-up blocker; I have this with Firefox as well. I can't see any advantages to this product over Firefox.
I couldn't find an easy way to utilize delicious with this browser; I couldn't figure out an easy way to set up auto-refresh quicker than every 30 minutes; I couldn't figure out an easy way to enable McAfee SiteAdvisor in my Google searches. I did some searching for solutions to these problems, and every one I found was overly involved and convoluted.
I don't get why anyone would rave over this product. I'm back on Firefox.
User Rating:
3/10
slow slow slow
Pros: nice MAC UI
Cons: very slow web page loading
User Rating:
3/10
Needs a lot of work
Pros: Cool features, like the look
Cons: Homepage takes too long to load, double types a lot, security not great
What I was trying to type in my initial review, which I did from Safari and apparentally did not work, was that I installed it for a day, and it is now uninstalled. I used the program on XP. The first problem I noticed was that the start-up from the homepage was very slow. I tried various webpages, and it was continuously slow to get going. Once it did get going, I did not notice much of a difference in speed from IE. Various webpages including my bank's login page did not work. I would type in my info, and hit the log in, and nothing happened (changed info due to lack of security). The most annoying thing about the Safari program was that when typing, the text would double type ALL THE TIME. Here is an example of what a typed sentence would look like in Safari: TThis iss what I meean by doubble typpe. Very frustrating, as I guess it took my too long to type my review the first time due to correcting so many errors it timed me out. I would not recommend Safari to any XP user as it is very unsecure and there are numerous bugs to work out.
User Rating:
1/10
Didn't run long enough.....
Pros: None that I saw
Cons: CRASHES! No drop down for visited sites, How Do You Set Default Home Page?
User Rating:
9/10
Web browsing as it should be!
Pros: Sleek, clean, smart; FAST; Google built-in; pop-up blocker that works; tabs; all the importnat features and more; the list goes on! Shame on IE for not providing a better browser, when they easily could have.
Cons: No major cons that I've found
User Rating:
5/10
Needs another update
Pros: Fast loading HTML, easy to use
Cons: Doesn't do well at all with CSS and Flash plays slower than IE
User Rating:
7/10
Finally proper browsing on a Mac
Pros: As someone else points out: this works as well as IE5+ has done on a PC for years. Moreover it appears at first glance to *behave* like IE on a PC - even more so than IE on a Mac, thus web developers should warm to it.
Cons: Dunno - not used it enough. Early versions are bound to be limited compared to old hands such as IE.
User Rating:
9/10
My favorite browser on Mac and Win
Pros: super fast, integrated Google search better than googlebar in Win, excellent tab implementation.
Cons: no built in ad blocking, must use PithHelmet. No min font size selection, so use Safari Optimizer.
User Rating:
5/10
Needs more advanced features
Pros: Fast.
Cons: Few features. Textured window interface. Toolbar not customizable enough.
User Rating:
10/10
Someone was talking out their arse when the wrote that review
Pros: "Lack of features". right. What does IE have in the way of features? tabs? nope. pop up blocker? nope. speed? nope. google search bar? no again. heres a suggestion, use the product before you review it.
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9/10
Try the final...
Pros: Now that it has reached the final 1.0 version, it really has matured. Many of the niggling things have been taken care of. It's a great browser. Best on the Mac.
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9/10
It's Great, but.....
Pros: It's fast, very fast. Looks great and works on all the sites that I visit, love the tabbed browsing and the snapback feature as well as the popup blocker.
Cons: I think they should add a feature that let's you save entire webpages with the links, ala IE printing could be more customizable.
User Rating:
8/10
Simply Elegant
Pros: Google Toolbar on my Mac at last! Clean, simple interface that has what I need and omits what I don't. Rock solid stability and compatability so far.
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1/10
not ready for primetime
Pros: fast
Cons: unstable; not for banking; stripped down version of KDE Konqueror; lousy CSS and Flash; good only for people who either browse bunch of text files or who want to have an Apple branded browser no matter what.
User Rating:
9/10
Can't go back
Pros: After using tabs I can't go back. It's also more developer friendly than IE- When you click "Empty Cache" (which is convieniently in the App menu) it actually empties the cache, not like IE where you have to quit and re-open.
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8/10
My #1 browser for some month !
Pros: Speed, clear interface, integration with .Mac, tab and bookmarks ease of use
Cons: some secured sites (banks) or java heavy sites are still not rendered properly. I must keep IE on my TIBook
User Rating:
9/10
the comming Nr. 1 browser!!!
Pros: stylish interface, integrated Google, Tab´s, Go-Back feature, Bug-button to send instantly problems to the developers
Cons: doesn´t work with all sides yet - but it´s only a matter of time...
User Rating:
9/10
Highly secure, fast, easy to use browser
Pros: Highly secure. Select Safari->Reset Safari... to remove all traces of usernames/password/cache/hist ory so no one can see what you've done. Renders sites better than IE 6 for Windows as it complies better with W3 standards. Has a home button, and a
Cons: IE specific websites don't render perfectly, but often better than Mozilla (even 1.4). Strict adherence to standards occasionally ends in unexpected results but as a web developer this is definately my fault :-(
User Rating:
9/10
Best Modern Browser
Pros: Well IE is really aging and Microsoft is doing nothing to help us surf the ever more complex Internet. Safari is super fast, pop-up blocking is a killer feature, Apple's support and responsive is incredible, they key programmer has an active blog. It ca
Cons: Like to see Apple add the ability to selectively turn blocking on and off per domain. (ore of a feature request)
User Rating:
10/10
Superior to IE in every way
Pros: This browser is fast and beautiful. It loads all pages correctly. In short, whatever IE does apple's Safari does faster and with more style. It's really amazing just how much better Apple does everything than Windows. It makes you wonder why Windows alway
Cons: This is a still in beta testing. I can't wait to see what the final result will be!
User Rating:
10/10
Safari has never failed for me
Pros: First of all, note that almost all of these reviews (and all of the negative reviews) are of the Safari Betas. CNET really should have done a different review for Safari 1.0, instead of just updating the review. Nearly all of the reported Safari problems
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9/10
Simply a great browser
Pros: The first beta version definitely had some quirks (pages not always loaded correctly, security issues), but the final release is beautiful -- it's extremely fast, has great tabbing features, and is very customizable. And, unlike IE or Netscape for the PC
Cons: Can't find any now!
User Rating:
9/10
quick and solid: why complain?
Pros: I haven't run into the compatibility problems others have. Very stable--no crashes yet. I don't really use all those features anyway, and so I haven't noticed their absence. It feels good not to owe MS anything too. This is good software--solid, nicely de
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10/10
it ROCKS!
Pros: Best browser I've ever used and it automatically communicates with my Address Book for quick, accurate use of redundant information. I LOVE IT!!
Cons: The only con is that more people aren't using it...
User Rating:
10/10
We got ourselves a winner!
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9/10
Uncluttered and fast
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8/10
I switched and am glad I did!
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8/10
Incredibly fast, but not IE
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10/10
Only a beta and still best!
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8/10
CNET's review is flawed
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8/10
Great browser with minor compatibility issues...
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6/10
Good browser, could be great by the final release!
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8/10
getting there
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9/10
Awesome browser!
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7/10
All the Features You Need, But Still Bugs Exist
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8/10
Good job Apple. You RULE!
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7/10
Super-fast & streamlined coolness
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8/10
Fabulous. I wouldn't go back to Explorer
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7/10
Oh my god,what has apple done!?
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6/10
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9/10
Fast, better than beta quality
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1/10
Uses page caching for speed
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8/10
Another Coup for Apple
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6/10
frankly underwhelmed
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8/10
Wow...and this is only the beta!
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6/10
YOU'LL BE SORRY
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4/10
doesn't work with key sites
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8/10
For browsing only, best thing out there!
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8/10
Very clean, fast, cool features.
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6/10
This beta is better than most finals!!
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10/10
Another reason to switch!
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10/10
Simple and Faaaaast!!!!!
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8/10
Stable & Mostly Compatible
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9/10
Will Never Use Another Browser
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8/10
Safari good but could use more features
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6/10
Uncluttered and promising.
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8/10
Everything that Apple advertised!
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5/10
Wait for the real thing.
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9/10
Good Start
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8/10
Simple and well constructed.
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7/10
Hunting for the Big Guns?
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7/10
Promising...
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8/10
Big Game Hunters Unite!
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8/10
Fast and easy browser
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10/10
Nice very nice
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8/10
Fast,free,not MS
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9/10
All it says it is.
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9/10
W O W !
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8/10
If you love apple, you'll love safari!!
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10/10
Faster, Smarter, Better
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8/10
Excellent browser for OSX
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9/10
Great Quick Browser
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8/10
Quick, slick and clean
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6/10
Loser..
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8/10
In the next three years, APPLE is going to turn the PC WORLD upside down.
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2/10
NICE TRY..... BUT KEEP TRYING STEVE JOBS!
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4/10
good but still beta
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8/10
Safari is the best browser available for OS X.
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7/10
the browswer greatly improves on ie5.2's speed although it can sometimes be inconsistent,dowload now
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6/10
Chimera Still The Best
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9/10
the best out there -and it's a beta!
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8/10
Blazing fast, will supplant all others
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8/10
Excellent for a Beta
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5/10
maybe next time...
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9/10
Outstanding Browser For 95% Of Surfing
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7/10
Finally, a decent browser!
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8/10
This web browser rocks!!!!!
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8/10
Fast, easy, my #1 Browser now!
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8/10
Nice, but still a beta
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9/10
Can't wait for the finished version!
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8/10
Safari is king (well almost)!
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6/10
Good for viewing web pages but not much else
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8/10
Finally something better than Explorer or Netscape!
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8/10
Can't wait to see the release version!
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9/10
Wow, not bad Apple, not bad at all
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8/10
IE just got Poached!
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1/10
Great Beta
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9/10
1 MILLION D/L
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5/10
Not Ready for Prime Time Yet (Sorry Apple)
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8/10
A great & simple browser
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3/10
Another Overhyped Apple Product
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10/10
Move over IE, Apple Safari is here!
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8/10
This is a beta??? Wow!
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8/10
Excellent product so far
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8/10
Great Beta!
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6/10
Nice design, but lacks compatibility
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